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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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01-november-2021
Informacijski modeli stavb - Priročnik z informacijami - 3. del: Shema podatkov in
koda (ISO/DIS 29481-3:2021)
Building information models - Information delivery manual - Part 3: Data schema and
code (ISO/DIS 29481-3:2021)
Bauwerksinformationsmodelle - Handbuch der Informationslieferungen - Teil 3:
Datenschema und Klassifikation (ISO/DIS 29481-3:2021)
Modèles des informations de la construction - Protocole d’échange d’informations -
Partie 3: Schéma de données et code (ISO/DIS 29481-3:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO 29481-3
ICS:
35.240.67 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in building
gradbeništvu and construction industry
91.010.01 Gradbeništvo na splošno Construction industry in
general
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
ISO/DIS 29481-3
ISO/TC 59/SC 13 Secretariat: SN
Voting begins on: Voting terminates on:
2021-08-31 2021-11-23
Building information models — Information delivery
manual —
Part 3:
Data schema and code
ICS: 35.240.67; 91.010.01
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Overview of the IDM schema . 2
4.1 Naming convention . 2
4.2 Restriction notation . 2
4.3 Overall structure of the IDM schema . 3
5 Information Delivery Manual . 5
6 Specification identifier (specId) . 5
7 Authoring . 6
7.1 Changelog . 8
7.2 Author . 8
7.3 Committee . 9
7.4 Publisher . 9
8 Use Case . 9
8.1 Summary .11
8.2 Aim and Scope .12
8.3 Use .12
8.4 Standard project phase .12
8.5 Local project phase .12
8.6 Region .13
8.7 Construction entity .13
8.8 Business rule .13
8.9 Actor .14
8.10 Benefits .14
8.11 Limitations .14
8.12 Required resources .15
8.13 Required competencies .15
8.14 Proposition .15
8.15 Reference .15
8.16 User defined property.15
8.17 Classification .16
8.18 Outcomes .16
8.19 Information Requirements .16
9 Business context map .16
9.1 Process map .18
9.1.1 Data object and ER .18
9.2 Interaction map .18
9.2.1 Transaction map.18
9.3 Diagram .19
9.3.1 Description . . .19
10 Exchange requirement .19
10.1 Information unit .21
10.1.1 Examples .21
10.1.2 Corresponding external element .22
10.2 Constraint .22
10.3 Corresponding MVD .22
11 IDM code generation rules .23
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Annex A (informative) The idmXML schema Definition (idmXSD) .25
Annex B (informative) IDM document stages .26
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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 59, Buildings and civil engineering works,
Subcommittee SC 13, Organization of information about construction works.
A list of all parts in the ISO 29481 series can be found on the ISO website.
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Introduction
This document defines the international standard for a machine applicable, readable and transferable
(SMART) data schema and code for the efficient development, management, and reuse of the
ISO 29481-1 (information delivery manual, IDM) specification. The information delivery manual (IDM)
specification sets out a methodology for describing the processes and data requirements for a defined
purpose within the development or management of a built facility. Due to the lack of a standard data
schema for exchanging and sharing the contents of IDMs in an electronic format, IDM documents have
historically been developed as either a static document file or as a data file specified in a proprietary
data format. Consequently, their contents could not be efficiently exchanged, shared, and reused. The
goal of ISO 29481-3 is to expedite the development and sharing of the IDM documents to meet the
rapidly increasing demand for various building information modelling (BIM) use cases.
ISO 29481-3 specifies a data schema for authoring, exchanging, and sharing an IDM document defined
by ISO 29481-1 in the XML (eXtensible Markup Language). The data schema is referred to as the idmXML
schema definition (idmXSD). idmXSD aims to allow users to electronically store, search, share and
exchange IDM documents and their contents, including meta-data such as authors, dates, languages,
revision history, supported project phases, as well as detailed descriptions of each information
requirement. In addition, this document specifies the IDM code generation rules based on their key
properties.
This standard improves the interoperability of IDM documents and their contents, providing tight
digital links between the components of an IDM document; and to external data definitions such as
ISO 16739-1 (industry foundation classes, IFC), ISO 12006-3, ISO 19650-1, ISO 23386, ISO 23387,
EN 17412-1 (Level of Information Need), ISO 21597-1 (Information Container for Linked Document
Delivery), and model view definitions (MVDs) of standard data schemas.
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Building information models — Information delivery
manual —
Part 3:
Data schema and code
1 Scope
This part of ISO 29481 is the technical addition to the methodology set out in ISO 29481-1. It defines a
specification to store, exchange and read IDM documents in a standardized and machine-readable way.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC Directives Part 1:2020 Procedures for the technical work
ISO 639-1:2002, Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 1: Alpha-2 code
ISO 3166-1:2020, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1:
Country code
ISO 8601-1:2019, Date and time — Representations for information interchange — Part 1: Basic rules
ISO/IEC 9834-8:2005, Information Technology — Open Systems Interconnection
ISO 29481-1:2016, Building information models — Information delivery manual — Part 1: Methodology
and format
ISO 12006-2:2015, Building construction — Organization of information about construction works —
Part 2: Framework for classification
ISO 12006-3:2007, Building construction — Organization of information about construction works —
Part 3: Framework for object-oriented information
ISO 21597-1:2020, Information container for linked document delivery — Exchange specification — Part 1:
Container
ISO 22263:2008, Organization of information about construction works — Framework for management of
project information
ISO 23386:2020, Building information modelling and other digital processes used in construction —
Methodology to describe, author and maintain properties in interconnected data dictionaries
ISO 23387:2020, Building information modelling (BIM) — Data templates for construction objects used in
the life cycle of built assets — Concepts and principles
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 29481-1 and the following
apply.
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ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
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3.1
IDM code
identifier for an IDM document created based on the mandatory attributes of an IDM document
3.2
IDM document
instance of an IDM and its components
3.3
use case
UC
description of an information use for a specific purpose by one or more actors and systems
3.4
business context map
description of the information flow in a business context represented, for example, in the form of a
process map or interaction map
4 Overview of the IDM schema
4.1 Naming convention
The naming convention shown below is used for the IDM schema elements.
a) The camel case convention shall be used for the naming of IDM schema elements.
b) Except for the terms below, all the terms shall be spelled out.
— idm: information delivery manual
— uc: use case
— er: exchange requirement
— pm: process map
— im: interaction map
— tm: transaction map
— id: identifier
c) Elements that represent descriptions, a group, or a set shall be specified using a plural form.
EXAMPLE benefits, limitations, requiredResources, and requiredCompetencies
4.2 Restriction notation
The following XSD restriction notation is used for the IDM data schemas.
— PK: Primary Key
— Required: Mandatory
— Optional: Not mandatory
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— The 1:1 restriction depicts that both the minimum and maximum occurrence of an element is 1. This
means there shall be one element.
— The 0:1 restriction depicts that the minimum occurrence of an element is 0 and the maximum
occurrence is 1.
— The 0:* restriction depicts the zero to many relationship, which is represented as minOccurs = ”0”
to maxOccurs = ”unbounded” in the XML schema.
4.3 Overall structure of the IDM schema
The idmXSD consists of the IDM element, its three core components (i.e. UC, business context map, and
ER), and the relations and properties related to them.
— An IDM consists of a UC, a business context map, and an ER.
— A UC shall include the header information specified in ISO 29481-1 and other metadata sufficient to
provide the context and the scope of an IDM.
— A business context map visually and formally represents the information delivery processes for a
use case. ISO 29481-1 requires the exchange method and process to be specified in one or more PM
and/or IM.
— An ER defines the information required by a specific UC at an individual information-unit level;
possibly with references to the elements of standard information schemas, such as cityGML,
ISO 16739-1 (IFC), gbXML, or ISO 12006-3.
The following clauses define the entities, relationships, attributes, and restrictions of the IDM schema.
Figure 1 illustrates a conceptual view of the IDM schema. The full idmXSD is presented in Annex A.
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Figure 1 — A logical view of the IDM schema in the unified modelling language (UML) class
diagram
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5 Information Delivery Manual
The IDM element is a wrapper of core IDM components—namely UCs, business context maps, and ERs.
The constraints between them are as follows:
— The IDM element shall be the single root element in the idmXSD.
— An IDM shall be associated with exactly one UC.
— An IDM may contain zero to many business context maps and/or ERs.
— Business context map and ER components may be empty, to be detailed in a later revision.
— An IDM may include zero to many sub-IDMs. The other IDM components (i.e. UCs, business context
maps, and ERs) may also include zero to many sub-elements.
This structure allows all the IDM components to be associated with multiple IDMs, UCs, business
context maps, and ERs, which might have been specified by external groups.
Figure 2 — An XSD diagram of the IDM element
Table 1 lists the elements, types, and restrictions of the IDM element.
Table 1 — The IDM’s elements
Name Type Restriction Description
specId element 1:1 The specification identification information
(see Clause 6 for the details)
authoring element 1:1 The author and change log information (see
Clause 7 for the details)
subIdm element 0:* A subset of an IDM.
uc element 1:1 An associated UC
businessContextMap element 0:* Associated business context maps
er element 0:1 An associated ER
NOTE  The XML elements are shaded in grey. XML elements with sub-elements are depicted separately.
6 Specification identifier (specId)
Each IDM component shall have a set of identifiers. An IDM document and its sub-UC, business context
map, and ER shall use four types of identifiers: GUID, IDM code, and user-defined full and short titles
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(guid, idmCode, fullTitle, and shortTitle, respectively). These are referred to as the specId attribute
group. The specId attribute group shall include the following:
Figure 3 — An XSD diagram of the specId
Table 2 — The specId’s attributes
Name Type Restriction Description
guid string PK A globally unique identifier (GUID)
shortTitle string optional A running title or byname for an IDM document;
neither machine-interpretable, nor unique
fullTitle string required A full name of an IDM document; neither machine-in-
terpretable, nor unique
subTitle string optional A supplementary title for an IDM document; not unique
idmCode string required A human-readable and machine-readable identifier,
generated based on the mandatory metadata items
of an IDM document (see Clause 11 “IDM Code Gen-
eration Rules” for details).
localCode string optional A legacy identifier or a supplementary IDM identifier
generated according to a local code generation rule
documentStatus string required The status of an IDM document; from the initiation
stage to the official release stage. The documentStatus
can be either one of NP (New Proposal), WD (Working
Draft), PUB (Publication), or WDRL (Withdrawal)
(See Annex B for details.)
localDocumentStatus string optional The status of an IDM document according to the local
document release status
version string optional A combination of numbers and/or strings, which
record the development of an IDM document
7 Authoring
The authoring element stores the author information and the change history of IDM documents,
including the changed contents, the principal or organization who created and changed the contents,
and the change date. An IDM document shall be written by at least one author or one committee. Authors
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can belong to one or more committees. The authoring element is composed of author, committee,
changeLog, and publisher.
Figure 4 — An XSD diagram of the authoring attributes
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Table 3 — The authoring’s attributes and elements
Name Type Restriction Description
copyright string required A description about the copyright ownership and/or license
information
changeLog element 1:* The history of a specification; a chronological list of who created
and changed the specification, as well as when the specification
was created and changed (see 7.1 for the details)
author element 0:* A person who creates or modifies a specification (see 7.2 for
the details)
committee element 0:* The authoring group of the IDM document (see 7.3 for the details)
publisher element 0:1 The publisher of the IDM document (see 7.4 for the details)
NOTE  The XML elements are shaded in grey. XML elements with sub-elements are depicted separately.
7.1 Changelog
The changeLog consists of id, changeDateTime, changeSummary (content), changedBy (the author who
made a change) and change. The IDM user or developer can track the changes in the IDM documents
through the attributes in changeLog.
Table 4 — The changelog’s attributes and elements
Name Type Restriction Description
id string PK A unique identifier assigned incrementally or se-
quentially to an item to uniquely identify it
changeDateTime dateTime required The date and time when the changes were made.
The format is defined by ISO 8601-1:2019
changeSummary string required A description of the change summary made in a
specification
changedBy element 1:1 The author who created or made changes. A ref-
erence to an id of the a
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